As far as how you’re dressed, nobody cares.

The house was run down, so we rehabbed it to the point where it was livable, nothing too fancy because that market called for low-priced homes.

We tried some local Chinese restaurants and remarked that these places are so fancy and gorgeous compared to NY.

Nothing says huge repair bill like not discovering a slow leak's been happening for a long time.I don't have fancy water fridges by design but would put vinyl under those for sure.Another fave is filter cleaning and water tank flushing. 

Nothing fancy, just a regular TREC purchase.

We felt like having a free market system of coaching would provide a competitive atmosphere that encourages the coaches and the programs offered to be optimal..... but no, you probably won't walk out with fancy brochures and catalogs of forms or programs to consider buying.....we aren't the people who see someone post on internet that they are a newbie and PM you to take you out to lunch to sell you education. 

Went through about 60 of these, requesting ttm income / expense report only to consistently discover fudging of numbers to arrive at a higher 'advertised' cap, basically dressing of numbers, including* not including management expenses (oh, we don't include maintenance fees because they are specific to buyer)* not including repairs / maintenance expenses (oh, seller just refurbished couple units 2 years ago)* not including vacancy (oh, the complex is 100% occupied over the last 12mo)* not including property taxes (oh, buyer can request tax abatement) you get the drift. and the conversations stop at the broker level after pointing out to all the gaps, most just stop responding - there are obviously reasonable / experienced folks who smirk and continue chatting but for every one of those, there are 50 who seem to just seem to either be completely incompetent or useless. and it seems to be getting worse vs ~5 years ago when i picked up my last MFRany thoughts / advice how to deal with these types?

first its not overnight success and never as fast as you would like it, if you get your license you may go for months with out a sale, you need a back up income, plus sales require a decent reliable car, not always new, decent dress, gas and expenses to outlay, license and mls fees, phone and office expenses, I would suggest a night school re class so you know the local regs, and if you get licensed hang it as a referral agent, look at starting out with a 2 family(FHA loan) and live in half, cuts down on expenses and gets you started, pay bills and mortgage on time, save the extra difference, you are already behind so will take a little work to get momentum, watching pod casts dont do it, its the follow up, you will need to start a saving/cutting back habit, and there will be long nights and weekend work

Had to re-write my post - lol.Ok, so you know it's a rental and want to dress it up anyways...I like the shutter idea.

Was a door man at a fancy Manhattan building, and tips are good, all cash.